Abraham Lincoln Pt. 1: John Wilkes Booth
Assassinations
English - April 08, 2019 07:01 - 42 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsHistory True Crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Famed actor John Wilkes Booth was rehearsing with a touring company in St. Louis, when he pointed a prop pistol at his castmate and said, "If you were President Abraham Lincoln, what a chance I'd have." He may have been joking at the time, but two years later in 1865, Booth's chance finally arrived.
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Famed actor John Wilkes Booth was rehearsing with a touring company in St. Louis, when he pointed a prop pistol at his castmate and said, "If you were President Abraham Lincoln, what a chance I'd have." He may have been joking at the time, but two years later in 1865, Booth's chance finally arrived.
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